Incidence of atypical nontraumatic diaphyseal fractures of the femur

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2544-2550

  Dell, Richard M ^a   Adams, Annette L ^a   Greene, Denise F ^a   Funahashi, Tadashi T ^a   Silverman, Stuart L ^b   Eisemon, Eric O ^c   Zhou, Hui ^a   Burchette, Raoul J ^a   Ott, Susan M ^d  

^a Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ATYPCIAL FRACTURES; BISPHOSPHONATES; OSTEOPOROSIS

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAPHYSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPHYSES; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES;

EID: 84868707203     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1719     Document Type: Article

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